[Scan-DC] Inauguration Info

[johnson at cpcug.org]

All -

The rehearsals, themselves will be a good opportunity to scan as they will
be using the same modus operendi as for the real thing.  As there will be
fewer things happening, we can learn what to concentrate on during the
inaugural itself.

Ralph Johnson


All,
>
> Got this off the Milcom blog.  For those of you interested in the
> Inauguration and it's comms. Might be some comms associated with the
> rehersal
>
> Ron
> Baltimore MD
>
>
> Armed Forces Inaugural Committee Moves Into High Gea
> By Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service
>
> WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 2008 - Exactly three weeks before Inauguration Day,
> the buzz of activity at the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee here is a
> notable exception to the traditional holiday lull that settles over the
> nation's capital between Christmas and New Year's Day.
>
> More than 400 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen –
> active duty, reservists and National Guardsmen -- are busy preparing for
> President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration Jan. 20. Another 300 will
> report for duty after New Year's, bringing AFIC to full strength with
> about 700 servicemembers.
>
> "We're spinning up for the full dress rehearsal Jan. 11," Navy Lt. Mike
> Billips, a reservist from Atlanta serving as an AFIC spokesman, said.
> The rehearsal will kick off in the dark at about 3 a.m., when
> participants go through two full iterations of the swearing-in ceremony
> at the Capitol, then parade down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the White
> House.
>
> "The curtain goes up on Jan. 20, and everything has to be locked down
> perfect before then," Billips said. "So it's a lot of rehearsal, a lot
> of coordination and a lot of training for the people who are coming in."
>
> The incoming servicemembers will get intensive training for the
> ceremonial support they'll provide at the inauguration ceremony and 10
> official inaugural balls, Billips said. Some will be in the midst of the
> fanfare, serving as honor guards, marching bands, musical units, salute
> batteries, drivers, ushers and escorts for distinguished visitors.
> Others will work behind the scenes, helping to ensure the events go off
> seamlessly.
>
> Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Finney, a telecommunications technician
> from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, assigned to AFIC's
> information technology directorate, called being a part of the
> inauguration a rare opportunity. "I am excited to be a part of our
> nation's history," he said.
>
> "I am honored to be a part of a committee of this caliber," Army Spc.
> Kevyn Coleman agreed. "This is definitely an assignment to talk about
> years from now. In my personal opinion, I don't think that I have ever
> had a better assignment."
>
> The 2009 inauguration will be the 56th in which the military has played
> a role in welcoming the incoming commander in chief. During the first,
> in April 1789, U.S. Army, local militia units and Revolutionary War
> veterans escorted George Washington to his inaugural ceremony at New
> York City's Federal Hall.
>
>
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